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Risky Bulletin: Dutch police take down giant botnet of 17 million devices
Dutch police and the national cybersecurity agency dismantled a botnet comprising over 17 million infected devices worldwide by seizing more than 200 servers at a local provider. The compromised computers, tablets, and smartphones were used to distribute spam, phishing campaigns, and conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The operation represents one of the largest botnet takedowns to date.
Why it matters: Organizations and users globally should verify their systems are not among the infected devices and review email security and DDoS mitigation controls, as this botnet was actively weaponized for attacks.
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